Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-316)

His Majesty's province of Massachusetts Bay -- Imperial prologue -- Violence over stamps -- Violence over customs duties -- The customs commissioners -- The Liberty riot -- A most unequal war -- Troops to Boston -- The occupation begins -- Trumpets of sedition -- Death before impressment -- Soldiers and the law -- Coffee house brawl -- King Street showdown : John Mein -- Seider the martyr -- The Boston Massacre -- Preparation and procrastination -- Rex v. Preston -- Rex v. Wemms et al. -- The flame subsides

Definitive reappraisal of a much misunderstood episode in pre-Revolutionary war history. Documents every legal incident that led to the massacre, reviews the crucial trials after the events, and analyzes the mob action of Boston dissidents

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